The Shadow of the East (1924)

The Shadow of the East

1924

Drama Horror

Synopsis

Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native. In a jealous rage, Lolaire kills herself, freeing Craven, who returns to England and marries Gillian. His Indian servant, Kunwar Singh, casts a spell on Craven, causing him to leave Gillian and to go into the Algerian desert. There he joins Said, an old university friend who is the son of an Algerian sheik. Gillian follows, the servant is killed, and with him dies the spell, "The Shadow of the East."

Credits

Director

George Archainbaud

Cast

Bertram Grassby as Kunwar Singh

Edythe Chapman as Aunt Caroline

Evelyn Brent as Lolaire

Frank Mayo as Barry Craven

Josef Swickard as John Locke

Lorimer Johnston as Peter Peters

Mildred Harris as Gillian Locke

Norman Kerry as Said